Valcard Tab 5/80mg

Introduction

How To Use

• Take this medicine by mouth.
• Take this medicine with or without food.
• Take one dose of this medicine, every day.
• Swallow it as a whole, do not crush or chew the medicine.
• Take it at the same time to help you remember.
• Or use it exactly as instructed by your doctor.

Expert Advice

• Take with or without meals.
• To avoid stomachache, take with meals.
• Take missed dose as soon as you remember and next dose in 24 hours.
• Contact prescriber if there is unrelieved headache, vomiting, weight gain, palpitations, or difficulty in breathing.
• Check blood pressure regularly.

Primary Uses

Indications

This medicine is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), myocardial ischemia (decreased blood supply to heart muscle) associated with stable (chest pain triggered by activity), or vasospastic angina (chest pain triggered with vasospasm of coronary artery).

Side Effects

Patients using this medicine may commonly experience headache, edema, fatigue, nausea, dizziness (lightheadedness), flushing (reddening of the skin), rashes, and gingival hyperplasia (overgrowth of gum). Patients may rarely experience alopecia (spot baldness), pruritus (itching), abdominal and back pain, hyperglycemia, increased urination, palpitations, and GI (stomach) upset.